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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1887-04-02
STORY OF A DISPATCH.
A Cipher Message Which Came Ne
Causing Sensational Domestic Row.

A Cipher Message Which Came Near
Causing Sensational Domestic Row.
The Washington correspondents were
greatly troubled, during the war, by the
censorship, and they studied diligently how
to circumvent it, writes Ben: Perley Poore
in the Boston Budget. Just before the
capture of Fort Fisher, and when the news
of its fall would naturally have had an eff.
feet upon the stock market, one of the cor
respondents went to New York in order to
be on hand when the opportunity came tc
buy or to sell. A friend at Washington
was to telegraph him when Fort Fisher
fell that 1.-THE child is very sick,'' and, to
make doubly sure, the dispatch was to be
signed MARY" This neat little arrange
ment completely deceived the censor when
Fort Fisher was captured and the dispatch
was promptly sent
The censor boarded at Willard's Hotel
There, also, boarded the wife and three
children of the enterprising journalist
The censor was personally acquainted
with the journalist and his family, and on
the day that he had passed the dispatch, he
approached the lady and asked: ''How is
the child?" "What child; all my children
are WELL" replied she. ''All wella" said
the censor. Perfectly we'll" 'sExcuse
uc, dSh0u Gu0 CSuSOI, 'UuG Il
your first name Marya" ':No, sir, it is not
and why do you ask?" The censor gave g
low whistle, and replied: "Oh, for nc
reason in particular" "But you must
have reason for such question:
Driven to the wall, and suspecting all
sorts of naughty things, with the deceived
woman before him, what could he do2 He
had to do something, and he made clean
breast of it, He told the lady that some
body, named 'Mary," had that day tele
graphe1 to her husband in New York that
the child was very sick, and supposing, Of
course, the telegram could only have beer
sent by her, he ventured to ask as to the
young invalid.
Here was pretty kettle of fish. VIII.
was MARY" and where was she? Had
the wicked journalist another wife and
some more children hidden away2 Evil
IDENTIFY so. The wicked journalist, mean.
while, head and ears in stock operations al
New York, received another dispatch. II
was not this time cipher, but, on the con.
trary, exceedingly plain, and from his bet
ter half He returned to Washington by
the next train, and by the help of the gen
uine ''Mary" succeeded, after some diff
Guilty, in convincing the partner of all his
woes and joys that he had not been faith.
less to his marriage vows
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1887-04-02
A POEM OF POEMS.

The Instructive Compilation Of Grand
Thoughts by q California Lady.
Mrs. H. A. Deming, of San Francisco, ia
said to have occupied a year in huntin g up
and fitting together the following thirty.
eight lines from thirty-eight English poets.
The names of the authors are given below:
1-Why all this toll for triumphs of an hour?
2-Life's short summer, man a flower.
3-By turns we catch the vital breath and die,
1.-The cradle and the tomb alas so nigh.
b-To be is better far than not to be,
although all mans life may seem a tragedy;
T-But light cares speak when mighty cares
e-The bottom is but shallow whence they
come.
9-Your fate is but the common fate of all;
10-Unmingled joys here to no man befall.
11-Nature to each allots his proper sphere
1S-Fortune makes folly her peculiar care;
13-CustOm does often reason overrule
14-And throw cruel sunshine on fool.
15-Live well, how long or short, permit tt
heaven.
1s-ra a;yo who forgive most shall be most for
17-sin may be clasped so close we can not see
it's face
19-Then keep each passion down, however
so-Thou pendulum betwixt smile and tear;
21-Her sensual snares, let faithless pleasure
2s-With craft and skill to ruin and betray;
23-Soar not too high to fall, but stoop to rise.
RAVE masters grow OF all LnaC we QeSplSo.
$50, then renounce that impiOus self-esteem;
26-Riches have wings, and grandeur is Q
dream.
N-Think not ambition wise because tits brave,
28-The path of glory leads but to the grave.
29-What is ambition TITS glorious cheat,
30-Only destructive to the brave and great.
31-Whats all the gaudy glitter of a crown?
32-The way to bliss lies not on beds of down.
33-How long we live, not years, but actions,
tell;
e-That man lives twice who lives the first life
well.
a5-Make, then, while yet ye may, your God,
your friend,
ae-whom Christians worship yet not compre
bend.
a7-The trust that's given guard, and to your
self be just;
3s-For, live we how we can, yet die we must
/, Young; 2, DR.. johnson; 8, Pope; 4,
Prior; s, Sewell; 6, Spenser: 2, Daniel; s,
Sir Walter Raleigh; 9, Longfellow; 10,
Southwell; II, Congreve IL, Churchill;
10, Rochester; IA, Armstrong; Is, Milton;
16, Baily; II, Trench; IS, somervilie: 10,
Thompson; 20, Byron; 21, Smolett; %,
Crabbe; 49, Massinger; "a, Crowley; Is,
Battle; 26, Cowper; q, Sir Walter Daven-
ant; %, Gray; %, Willis; 30, Addison; 81,
Dryden; 80, Francis Quarles; 80, Watkins;
"a, Herrick; IS, William Mason; Sc, Hill;
81 Dana: 49, Shakes peare.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1887-04-02
HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS.

A TEAoUP of I've in pail of water will
improve the appearance Of black goods.
The foot of a coarse cotton stocking il
superior to sponge for bathing purposes.
To PREVENT shiny skin use little CAM
phor in the wash water. Never use face
powders; they are delusions.
To KEEP the lips soft and in good color
battle them occasionally with alum-water,
followed by glycerine or camphor-ioe.
To SOFTEN water for washing napkins,
cloths, dishes, etc., use one teaspoonful
graduated lye to four gallons Of water and
dissolve thoroughly.
A ROOM with low ceiling will seem
higher if the window curtains hang to the
floor. Lamberquins may be used to ex-
tend the curtains to the ceiling, thus car
rying out the effect.
To BLEACH cotton cloth use one spoonful
salsoda and one pound chloride of lime dis
solved in soft water; rinse thoroughly in
cold, soft water. This can be accomplished
in about fifteen minutes.
The superior advantages of wearing
wool next the skin are easily apparent.
It's adaptability to the requirements of Life
ference in climates and the changes in sea-
sons is superior to any other dress mate
rial.
In pressing fat embroidery lay the ar
ticle wrong side up on damp CLOTH Rib
bon or raised work should be laid right
sile up and tackled in position to avoid
wrinkling, in which position it should be
left to dry.
To REMOVE mildew from napkins, table,
cloths, ETC., dissolve teaspoonful chloride
of lime in one quart of soft water and
strain three times, into which dip the
peices widowed and spread them in the
sunlight to dry.
WHEN all the pictures are taken from
the walls preparatory to housekeeping,
draw out all the nails and close up the
nail-holes Have light moulding put up
about four inches from the ceiling upon
which rehang the pictures with wire he
stead of cord. This will save the walls
and add materially to the appearance Of .
room.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1887-04-02

Past and Present.
When she sighed: 20, live in the past!"
Her husband felt mighty unpleasant,
So he bought her a gorgeous seal cloak;
Now she happily lives in the present.
It'd. Btu
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1887-04-02

WOOO near ny. vi d grassy uAAOCh ssu-
joining, donkey lay stretched in placid
slumber-a slumber that was rudely dis
turbed by the lion, who, in a few bounds, was
upon him When the donkey felt the great
mass of flesh descend upon him as if from the
clouds, he was stunned and indignant, but
not frightened; perhaps, because he had
never read any of the wonderful stories
about the lion. He quickly recovered from
the blow, and rising, shot out both hind
feet at the same time, and caught the lion
squarely in the forehead. Badly hurt the
lion skulked of, and later the donkey died
of the wound he received at the onset.
"A LITTLE information on gold nuggets
comes to us from the Grass Valley Union.
The generally accepted statement that the
largest nugget ever found in California was
worth a little more than $21, 900 is an erro-
neous one. He says that j. j. Finney, 'sOld
Virginia" found piece of gold about six
miles from Downieville, Sierra County, on
August 81, 1856, that weighed :, 900 ounces.
The gold of that vicinity was worth
eighteen dollars per ounce, which
would make the value of the Finney mug
get 100000. This would make the Finney
nugget the largest piece of pure gold ever
discovered, so far as accounts CO. Hereto
fore the Australian nugget, found in the
Ballarat gold fields, has been considered
the largest 1t was valued at $60, 900. Fin
ney, or 4'O:d Virginia" as he was famil-
iarly callel IN those days, afterward went
to Washoe when the great silver discov-
cries were made there and from him the
town of Virginia City took its name. The
man who discovered the largest nugget in
the California mines and gave his name to
the richest mining camp in the world die1
h extreme poverty.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-03

<ou cali me an angel OF love and of light
A being of goodness end heavenly fire,
'Sent out FROM Gods Kingdom to guido you
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-03
Il HIDEuUS MUSEUM.

Among the numerous collectors of
curiosities Of every kind who abound in
Paris, there is one wealthy virtuoso who
amuses himself by collecting deaths'-
heads and skeletons Enthusiastically carved
or modelled in marble, earthenwarc
wood, or precious stones. These he
has gathered together in kind of mu-
scum of death, which at first SIGHT
seems hideous and "macabre," but on
closer inspection proves highly interest
ing. Some of the heads have been de-
tached from those old medieval rosary
beads which were usually ornamented
on one side with the profile of king
or saint, and on the other with the
grlnnlng face of skeleton. One Of the
most hideous, yet at the same time
most artistically executed, of the figures
is that ola skeleton engaged in taking
from otf his bones the"conqucror worms"
winch have been claiming him as their
own. The collector has given a lueu-
orlons reality to the objects in his mn
scum by placing here and there AMONG
them the skulls of dead womeu.-po,;s
Cor. London Telegraph.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-03
hat pulled we'll down in 'front.'
he would scurry along tho halls

hat pulled we'll down in 'front.'
he would scurry along the halls
Of the War Department. and into
the retiring-room of the Secretary,
noticing and speaking to nobody. At
times he would sit in the retiring-roon
with the door open between that and
the apartment in which the Secretary,
walking about as was his wont, was
transacang business with the depart
mental officers and CLERKS, or visitors.
prolonging his course, every few min
utes, into the adjacent room, to hold
converse with his chief. It was an in
teresting and pleasant sight. that OF
Mr.. Lincoln seated with one long leg
crossed upon the other, his head little
peaked, and his face lit up by the
animation of talking or listening, while
Mr.. Stanton would stand sidewise to
him, with one hand resting lightly on
the back Of the chair in the brief in
tervals Of that everlasting occupation
of wiping his spectacles. But if, while
in such proximity, Mr.. Lincoln should
happen to riso to his feet, farewell to
the picturesqueness of the scene, for
the striking differences in height and
girth at once suggested the two gen.
darmes in the French comic opera.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-03
ANGEL OR DENcN.
BIZ ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

rou Cali me an angel OF love and of light
being Of goodness end heavenly fro,
Sent out FROM Gods kingdom to guido you
nr.et:t
IN paths whe,o -four spir:t may mount and
aspire.
You coy that glow like u star on it's COURSE
Like ray from the a,tar, O spark from tho
Now lat 20 my answer let al! the world hcar it !;
Ispenk Gn.fraid what know to be true;
A pure. faithful love is the creative spirit
That makes women angels I live but in YOU
We arc bound soul to soul by lifo's holest laws
And II an On angel. why. you aro the cause
AS my ship skins tho sea Hook up from her
deck
Eair, firm Of the wheel shines loves beautiful
form;
And shall scorn the barque that lost night
wea,t to wreck,
By tho pilot abandoned to darkness and
stornS
My craft wes no stancher; sle too had been lost
Had tho whcellnnn deserted or slept at his post
laid down the wealth of my soul OF your feet
(Somo woman does this for some man every
day.
No desperate creature who walks in the street
Hos n wicleder heart than might havo,
Had you wantonly nisused the treasures you
won.
As 90 many men with heart riches have done.
This fro from Gods altar, this holy love flame,
That burns like sweet incense forever for you.
Might now be a wild conaasroton of shame,
Had you tortured my heart or been baso or
untrue
For angels end devils ara cast in ono mould
Till love guides item upward or downward.
hold.
I toll you, tho women that make fervent wives
And sweet, tendon mothors. had fato boon
less fnir,
Are tho women that might havo abandoned
their lives
To the madness that springs from and ends in
Geepair,
AS tho fire the hearth. which sheds bright
ness around.
Neglected may Lowell the walls to tho ground
This world makes grave errors in judging these
things,
Great good and groat evil ore born in one
breast.
Love horns as and boots us, or gives us our
wings,
AaM the best could be worst, and tho worst
could he best.
You may thank your own worth for what grew
oAe,
For tho demon lurked under tho angel end me
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-03

waxed and waned seemed 70 30 concen-
trated in their steady sheen. The flames
fickered not by the billionta part of
hairs breadth. The air, opprss4vely hot
in other parts of tho cave, was chill as that
of a charnel house, when frost alyers lis
scattered yellow bones.
Silent as the Senators when tie Couls
surged into Rome, Carmelite minis sat
around.
In az alco.e there rcciincd a female
form more lovely than ever Grecian chisel
sculptured, lit by solitary lamp, watched
by monk erect. I felt for timd rs if l,
too, was turning to stone, but mastering
courage, advanced to satisfy myself as 10
whether that divine appearance could be,
indeed, mere calcium carbonate passed
the watcher; he raised his right arm,
touched me on tie brow with hi ice-cold,
clammy hand. fell-.
sRouse up, mister, or you'll lose your
train, its moving off,
1t was the porter. had passed through
my wonderful adventure in ono minute and
n half, standard time.
OF such stuff are dreams made,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-03
OUAIL cOUn1xH1r.

I once had the pleasure of witnessing
the counting and pairing of of flock
of quail. I was sitting so could look
down upon q flat rock that stood up
higher than the tops of thicket of
brush and weeds surrounding it near
small brook. first heard the chatter
of quails in the brush. After holding
quite an animated confab one hen quail
flew up on the rock and was followed
by five or six males. Miss Quail
strutted around few times apparently
not noticing her admirers, assuming
coquettish attitudes and putting on
more style and affectation than human
dudess of the present day. She finally
took conspicuous position and APP
peared to devote her entire attention to
herself. Her admirers in the mean
time stood around and looked at each
other with defiant eye and mien. They
then began to strut around, spread and
trail their wings, try graceful walks
and poises, each striving to Guido the
others. The more they tried to make
favorable impression before Miss
Quail the more excited they became
until they went to fighting.
They fought hard and furiously, until
at last one of them, by fortunate pass,
knocked his antagonist off the rock.
He did not stop, but pitched into the
first one he came to, and then kept
knocking one off at time until there
was but one left The victor took one
comprehensive look over the field of
battle, struck up rattling clatter, and
walked up to Miss Quail, strutted
around few times with self-importanco
enough for United States Senator.
keeping up a rafting string of-of--
we'll, blarney, I suppose. Finally thev
rubbed their heads and bills together.
walked to the north side of the rock
rose simultaneously, and flew away.
lighting together, ready for housekeep-
ing. Another hen then came upon the
rock with three or four males and went
through the same form of counting,
and to the victor-the reward of wife.
SO it went on until all the hens were
mated and gone. After that three
males came upon the rock and did alb
solutely look forlorn and showed it
in every motion. They flew in diff
ferent direction from all the others.
When male had been whipped or
driven off the rock he nor none of the
others would come up again. After the
contest started those who commenced
were the ones to win or lose. The
whole thing was very much like human
nature.-Sa,1 Diego (Cal) Saln.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-03
NETEDRIC IHENnEn

Inc most rapid cannon shots, accord
ing to M. Him, scarcely reach sneea
OF 2,ooo feet per second, while meteor-
ties penetrate the air at the rate of
twenty-five or thirty miles, and even
more per second. With this velocity
the air is at once raised to temnaro.
lure OF 1000 to 10000 degrees, and tho
meseorltes surface is torn away bv at
mospher'c friction and vaporized Nv
the heat. The sounds produced r,noa
from the whistling of a bullet to ~
husband oraSn ana j., roli OF thunder. They are
explained by this author as r.snlt;n,,
IRON !, RE rush of air to I'll the ran 10
'ne rear rather than from actual exp,o.
SION: beng analogous to thunder ~
lightning. A'oe' 'Aser
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-03
LIGHTS IN 4 CHINESE 7oW,

ia ~ - - ~ AAs " AAA Az A<oA a ""
The streets of Chinese tow
entirely unlighted, so every one M
about carries o lantern or torch,
lantern is hung up outside OF (
temple, house, and shop. Consequl
there is an enormous trade do
lanterns of all sizes, from the husd
looms to the tiny little things mob
than oranges. They are made coca
ally of glass, but usually of pap1
silk stretched on silk bamboo
coated with varnish, and the 10
surnames, shop sign, title Of ten
etc., are always written with red !
on the body of tbs lantern. The
respected the family or Shop the
elaborate or solid the lantern anc
handsomer the inscription. Men
responsibility, gamblers, sharpel;
such like, find that the practice ID
Identification disagreeably easy
get over the difficulty by carryylns|
terms inscribed with such common
names as Smith or Brown are WY
(Wang, the equivalent of King,
commonest SUI name), or they USE
toes which, being translated, W
mean, Gas you like it, "Children
grandchildren innumerable, and s1
Lantern-carrying has become sa]
habit in that country that Chln']
never dreams of leaving home 81 ]
without one, even in the brightest "
light-Je,Cish Messenger.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-03
LINCOLN At r11n v.4HDEr4n1vrx,

LINCOLN At THE VAR DEp.4HruEyr
From "Recollections of Secretary
Stanton" by clerk of the War De-
partment, in the Century, we quote as
follows: I'm the days of which 1 write
MIR. Lincoln was particularly woe-be-
gone figure. It was one of those
periods of the war when the whole
situation, military, financial and polit-
zeal, was one of almost unrelieved black.
ness. He spent hours at time, shut
up with Mr.. Stanton, all business and
speech mainly being put aside, 50 far
as outsiders could Judge, while these
lonely communions lasted Was It not
the gloomy autumn days of 1864, that
the fearful Secretary had in mind, when
he spoke those pathetic words as he
took the hand of the iust-exnirad
President: 'Ah. dear friend! there ia
none now to do ME justice; none to tell
the world of the anxious hours we have
spent togetherp Even before the
autumn had we'll set in, Mr.. Lincoln
had begun to enwrap himself in the
familiar plaid shawl, and, with his
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-03
FUN.

run.
TELEPHONE is feminine
back.
maker ''s
"WnRRE is the ideal wi,s,,
prominent lecturer. In II.
splitting kindling, most likalr
delphia Call.
HE-Would you like to y.
opera tonight? She-1ndce3dy,
hut I haven't any clothes =
that won't matter over there
Il HAVE just gone into f..
cline" said the editor, o. - ~
three pounds, fourteen ounce, y,
nal manuscript into tho wa,tol
WOMEN wear high hats at a.
ters. but the sex is not without i.
points, after all. There is o,,
female trombone player in Am.:
Boston Courier.
"WHA7 are you doing there ',
cal?" Merely taking cold, 81,
looks to me as if you were q,
ice." "Well, yes-perhaps i. vii
that construction"
JOHNNY" remarked his fatbe,
afraid that new friend of Won,
triAe fast for a youth of such !.
age" "Why, pa, he's q mas,
boy. "-Pittsb1rgh Dispatch.
HE-You don't sing or play?
I presume, you write or paint,
oh, no; I'm like the young M
meet in society," simply sit J
and try to look intelligent.-Hol
Bdzar.
HEARD in society: He-I bep 7
pardon, miss, but I don't admire
last name. She-Great heavens
haven't I done everything in m,
to change it? Must I knock J
down with a club? Washil
Critic.
DEACON BucRAa Ito Sunday.
CLASHES, dear children, ever
in this world has its use. TIL
nothing, however small or trifliud
was not intended for some GOOD
pose. Small scholar (thirstine B
for,nation)-What good does a
tail do the pig?-Ne,c York SUM
POETRY AND VERSE.
Sophronia asks: "What is It'd
ference between Poetry and Vel
Write something none can understau|
And all who read will say "tis grand
And upward turn their eyes and sshl
And murmur. "tl1is is poetryl'
Write something that has no pretensl
To anything but common sense,
A stanza brilliant, pungent, terse-
That, dear Sophronia, ia versel
FIRST Boston girl-Let's Cd
have some, lunch, Estelle q
Boston girl-I'd like to, dear, but
we time? First Boston girl--Ws
twenty minutes. How long wo1
take you to get what you want?
ond Boston girl-Oh, about
minutes. First Boston girl-W
would take me fifteen minutes
twice fifteen is thirty. We hi
time, dear, after all.-Somervi!!e
nal.
The little brindle mule in thu
lead slipped on the icy pavemen
Mr.. Bergh's best man was on the
"Take that mule and have him 1
ened before you drive him an
foot" HE is sharpened," sal
driver, Tougher than q file. Ii
them hind shoes-corks on EN-
'ud wedge q hole through an
house." The officer lifted q hot
see, and straightway looked owe
top of four-story building.
zingly ran the word through the
phone: "One of your men has
nearly killed by q mule" Ten
back came the mufled order: q
the mule is hurt, and if it is arrei
man y Ro,,e/3otfo
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-03
WdSTED-EafH START

Omaha mamma-You must nov
tralict me, Dot. When I say
is SO you must not say that it lsn .
Little Dot-Well, what you sa'a'
SO, anyhow.
Now, that is contradicting.'
"Well, let us begin over aSsa NJ
III say it isn't so first.-Omahd w
WHEN o girl whom you are W.,
freely puts coal on the fire 1t Is .
Mat you needn't go home just yen